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Topic: World Machine 2.3.2 Release Available (Read 5360 times)

World Machine 2.3.2 is a bugfix release with the following changes and fixes:

Tiled Terrains: Layout shapes with breakup tiling regression fixedTiled Terrains: Limit on tile resolution removedBuild Window now asks for cancel confirmation if build has been in progress for more than a few secondsThermal Erosion : 2-step algorithm improved (see below for more details!)File Input Device: RAW files >2GB in size are now imported correctlyRight click->delete on a wire now properly updates the networkNon-polyline DXF shapes are now properly skipped on Layout Shape Import

Full details of the most significant changes are below.Thermal Weathering:The algorithm for two-phase thermal erosion has been improved. This should not only eliminate the "black hole" problem, but also fixes several other longstanding numerical instabilities in the simulation and produces more useful results. Another important improvement is that the thermal device will now effect the entire terrain rather than producing one-pixel unaffected borders around the terrain.

However, these changes mean that any world files that use Thermal Weathering in two-phase mode may now produce different output.

In addition, the Talus Depth output in two-phase mode now exports actual talus depth rather than a normalized map, which means that texturing that previously relied on this value spanning the whole 0..1 range will need to be reworked -- add a Clamp(Normalize) device to the output to fix. By changing this to use actual depth you can actually just subtract the talus depth from the terrain to get the "rock" terrain without any talus, which can be very interesting/useful.

Tiled Terrains:

There was a regression where layout shapes that used fractal breakup were exporting distorted/mixed up shapes in 2.3. This is an important fix!

I uploaded a silent hotfix to 2.3.2 to fix a very specific issue with 2.3 pro time limited trials -- Apparently the next version number slipped in. I will back-correct this, but it should not produce any problems or interfere in any way.

"I uploaded a silent hotfix to 2.3.2 to fix a very specific issue with 2.3 pro time limited trials -- Apparently the next version number slipped in. I will back-correct this, but it should not produce any problems or interfere in any way."